{"id":129606,"date":"2024-09-01T19:57:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T18:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants"},"modified":"2024-09-01T21:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:02:13","slug":"benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants","title":{"rendered":"Benue LG polls: APC begins screening of aspirants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the party\u2019s screening exercise for all chairmanship and councillorship aspirants in the forthcoming local government election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The screening exercise will begin on Sunday at LGEA Primary School, Wurukum Makurdi, also known as \u201cSuswam Thank You,\u201d at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced in a statement on Saturday by the Organizing Secretary\/Spokesperson of the APC Unity Caretaker Committee, Hon James Ornguga.<\/p>\n<p>Hon Ornguga stated that the party has nominated members of the screening committee for the three senatorial districts in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He advised all APC aspirants to submit their duly filled nomination\/expression of interest forms and credentials at the party secretariat, No. 75 JS Tarka Way, Makurdi, by midnight on August 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the APC Constitution and the party\u2019s electoral guidelines, the Caretaker Legal Adviser, Barr Terhemen Ngbea, will head and oversee the entire screening process, ensuring proper vetting of aspirants\u2019 documents and legal compliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Caretaker Committee Chairman, Benjamin Omale and the Secretary, Prof Bem Angwe, on behalf of the Committee, urge all aspirants to adhere strictly to the rules, as only registered aspirants will be allowed into the screening venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who come with uninvited crowds that may distort the program will risk early disqualification, and there shall be no extension of the screening date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Benue State All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the party\u2019s screening exercise for all chairmanship and councillorship aspirants in the forthcoming local government election in the state. The screening exercise will begin on Sunday at LGEA Primary School, Wurukum Makurdi, also known as \u201cSuswam Thank You,\u201d at 9 a.m. This was announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":129605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,331,254],"class_list":["post-129606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-benue","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benue LG polls: APC begins screening of aspirants - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the party\u2019s screening exercise for all chairmanship and counci ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benue LG polls: APC begins screening of aspirants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benue State All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the party\u2019s screening exercise for all chairmanship and counci ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-01T18:57:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-01T20:02:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725208081.772836.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1086\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Benue LG polls: APC begins screening of aspirants\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-01T18:57:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-01T20:02:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725208081.772836.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/benue-lg-polls-apc-begins-screening-of-aspirants\",\"name\":\"Benue LG polls: APC begins screening of aspirants - 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